- Studio: Touchstone Pictures
- Release Date: Sep 26, 2008
- Starring: Derek Luke, Laz Alonso, Michael Ealy
- Summary:
- Director: Spike Lee
- Genre(s): Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime, War
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 5 out of 31
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Mixed: 16 out of 31
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Negative: 10 out of 31
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75Contains scenes of brilliance, interrupted by scenes that meander. There is too much, too many characters, too many subplots. But there is so much here that is powerful that it should be seen no matter its imperfections.
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55Even in a film that clocks in at a quasi-epic 2 hours and 40 minutes, that's just too much narrative. And matters aren't helped by the fact that Lee, who has never staged battle sequences before, hasn't quite got the rhythms or camera angles right.
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30When Lee isn't doing cinematic somersaults or mining for injustice, he doesn't seem to know where to put the camera. The logistics of the plot make no sense, and he has nothing to sell but the theme of our common humanity--in which, on the evidence, I don't think he believes.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 18 out of 26
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Mixed: 2 out of 26
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Negative: 6 out of 26
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NestorA.10
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DimitreR.5
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JohnS3
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